Touch

by midori jaeger

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Touch is a song about the changing nature of physical touch in a relationship, and how touch intertwines with our emotions. When writing the lyrics I was interested in the double meaning of the verb 'touch', and how physical touch can, but doesn't always go hand in hand with feeling emotionally touched...

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lyrics

When are you gonna tell me all about
All the things you know that I missed out?
When are you gonna pick apart my words
To find another way I've let you down
All the things I can't quite say to you
You're gonna say them right back at me, true

When are you gonna tell me all about
All the things you'll steal right from my mouth
When are we gonna feel the seconds now
For what they are and not just cast a cloud
On everything I can't quite say to you
I'll have to do it all with my eyes
And you'll hear me

I am waiting
I may be slow but I still want to tell you
I am waiting
'Cause you're touching me
But only my skin

The thing that I just can't quite comprehend
Is everything is just as it was
Except when, except
Except when

When we're touching
I don't feel you
I feel spaces
'Cause you're touching me
But only my skin
I have waited
Longer than I should have done, but
I feel spaces
'Cause you're touching me
But we don't touch each other
Like we used to

credits

released May 12, 2021
vocals / cello / songwriter / co-producer - midori jaeger
drums / percussion / rhythm guitar / producer - Felix Higginbottom
guitar - Rob Luft
bass - Tom McCredie
synths / piano - Chris Hyson
mix - Jeff Curtin
master - Lewis Hopkin (Stardelta Mastering)

cover art - Teresa Rofer

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about

midori jaeger London, UK

Cellist, singer and songwriter Midori Jaeger is a London-based artist who makes emotive songs that refuse to fit into a box. Performing with just a cello and her voice, she confronts difference, belonging, gender and mixed heritage through a distinct and cello-fuelled sonority that aches with meaning and pulses with groove.

Midori gratefully acknowledges support from the PRS Foundation. ... more